Miss my bud. Miss my boi. Miss my brother. . 🤓🤓 @alexvlahosofficial . . 📸: the inimitable @mary_brown , thanks for these memories darlin . . . #monchevy
🌊🌊🌊\……//🌊🌊🌊 . . . 📸: my friend and brilliant musician @colleendauncey
70K!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 . Thank you for joining me on this trip all of you! 🙂 I love making things. Simple as that. And I love crafting connections, building bridges, especially between hearts. We’re all so much the same in our ecstasy and our grief, in our madness and in our awe. I know we all share a kernel of that wordless wisdom, because in a way we are each a micro-expression of the same journey. Towards wholeness, through the gauntlet of change. Something seismic that tears us apart in slow motion and shows us who we are. And yet it blooms, and blooms again. And deep enough, still enough, exhaled enough, there is the glimmer of something that feels like home. That’s what gets my heart racing. Thank you for being here for it. We’ve all got a job to do and I’m committed to doing mine and I’m grateful it’s so much fun (most of the time.. let’s be real, life is life but oh what a life is life) . If you’ll permit me a moment to gush about the exciting projects on the horizon.. I’m pleased to say a sweet new winter romcom is wrapped and in the editing room, and our Netflix film ‘Blonde’ is in postproduction (I’m losing my mind over this project and I think you guys will too). On the music side the first ever full length Bright World album “Cloud Parade” is nearing completion (!!!), and I’m thrilled to say that thanks to all the mighty ones who showed up big time to help me fundraise for it (you know who you are) production on the music video for my self love anthem ‘Little Man’ is UNDERWAY. And yeah it’s gonna be absurd. Just the way I like it. Who’s with me? Only love, -e . . . . (📸: brilliant brother @artgphoto)
Thank you to everybody who tuned into the livestream COZY HANG today!! Spread that love people. Inside and outside and all over the world. We are cocooning to undergo metamorphosis. 🦋 I love you. ❤️ Thank you to @alexvlahosofficial @maddisonjaizani @tyghrunyan (and @messbrewster I’m so sorry for the technical difficulties, we’ll get ya next time). X
✨✨Cassiopeia is out today. ✨✨ Thank you for being on this unfolding journey with me. This is one of my favorite Bright World songs I’ve ever written, and it’s a love song, or a loss song, or both I guess. It started out just me and a ukulele, alone together on the road somewhere between Los Angeles and Nashville. Heart in my throat, flying down the highway but adrift inside. Wondering if I was the only one thinking about “us”. Already knowing the answer. That sneaking suspicion that the only one you think about has begun to blink out, fainter and fainter on the horizon. Pondering why you’re still straining your tired eyes. But that’s the best part of a mirage: Maybe a glimmer is enough. I talk a lot about love, it’s beauty, and it’s power. But despite the fullness, many are hard miles, as we hold, grasp, release the hands of lovers on the journey to the center of ourselves. And at the middle of the middle is where we shed our baggage. That’s where our load is light at last. And knowing that the road of love, with twists and turns, will lead us there after all- There’s no reason it shouldn’t be a party. So I say let the horns blare, and let the drums roll. And for God’s sake let us dance. Because we’re coming home. 🔆 . . Shoutout as always to my brilliant collaborators. Thank you all for your support and subtle genius. Producer: @justinglasco (and drums and tons of other sounds, you beast) Mixing: @bryangcook Mastering @hansdekline Management: @atrynda Clarinet: Hideaki Aomori Trumpet: John Titterington 📸: @jackandjustin VIDEO COMING SOON 🤫😘🔆
baby you are my four leaf clover/ yeah always lookin out for me / whenever i’m scared / whenever i’m lonely / i know you’re around / and i’m just swayin in fields of green // baby you are my winning number / yeah when i’m down to my last cent / whenever i’m down and i’m sure that i’m out / you’re there without a doubt / the only jackpot i will never spend // and in this big crazy / oh in this big crazy world / you make me feel like I can breathe / and isn’t it crazy / oh isn’t crazy to think / that you really love little old me // ☀️ . . . Big hug to everybody out there Little old you are loved x
BIPOCLGBTQ However long the acronym needs to get until the world sees that NO ONE is unworthy of a seat at the table. This is the story of now: LOVE FOR EVERY BEATING HEART. And out of Love; Action. . 🔥❤️🔥 . #blacklivesmatter #blacktranslivesmatter🏳️🌈 #pride #loveislove #abolitionist #defundthepolice #citizenstakeaction #newsocialcontract
cassiopeia it is a clear sky tonight / i still don’t know what’s wrong or how to right it / and i know it’s not the same / but still a shame that i can’t show you with my eyes / but i guess i’ll see ya / on the end of some other line / i’ve pulled so many strings that now i’m threadbare / i don’t know if we’ll be friends / oh but i hear all hearts will mend when given time // but how will i chart my course now darlin / i only ever knew the way by heart / said how will i chart my course through the night / if i can’t find you in the stars //
we plant our dream seeds in the dark / the fertile soil / remains unknown / yet in our path we spread apart / and in returning / see they’ve grown // ~<<<<>>>>~
#newsocialcontract THE OLD ONE IS BROKEN. Let this be the generation to rewrite the story. May we lead with our hearts, lead with our love that knows we are all the same. While the world is glued to their screens, while we have ground to a halt, let us truly listen, truly feel into a world where equality reigns, and put our heads together to forge a new path forward into a future we’ve only dreamed of. . #blacklivesmatter #endpredatorycapitalism #speakupforthevoiceless #loveislove #newstory . Actionable steps: (Via @maythaalhassen 🙏🏼) . 1. Reach out to your local @showingupforracialjustice (in LA it’s @wp4bl) social media is not a sufficient form of organizing, nor will it give you the training to understand how to show up. 2. More important than trying to craft the perfect viral tweet or IG post, please talk to your family, loved ones, or community that might not understand what is going on or have repeated narratives of “civility”. 3. If you go to protests, take direction from Black leadership. 4. Adopt an active listening practice. 5. READ BOOKS! ❤️
Taking care of the Earth, and taking care of ourselves, are the same thing. May we use this readjustment as an opportunity to open the doors to healing. Physically, culturally, and ecologically. It’s been laid bare, the wounds are open and there is no way to ignore the ways that our current paradigm is failing us. The most vulnerable among us are bearing the brunt (as usual). It is our ability to support them, and to shepherd the endless gifts of our natural world, that will be our litmus test for the future. By looking to Nature we see that imbalance is always corrected eventually. We are in a feedback loop just like every other organism. A return to business as usual is a return to slow-motion catastrophe. To seek balance is not a bleeding-heart liberal agenda. It is paramount to our collective survival. We also see in Nature, that when balance is achieved, life thrives. This is a miracle. We can be part of that, but we must begin. Strongly, at the individual, corporate, and governmental levels. We are down but we are not out. While humanity is on its knees, let’s find some humility. Let’s find each other. And let’s begin. It seems like there is tentative evidence that the human race is turning the corner with this pandemic. What remains to be seen is what lessons we take away from this period as a global community. Much love. #happyearthday 🌎
‘The Big Questions only have small answers, and the Big Answers can only be found through small questions.’ -Gregory David Roberts
there’s no place like home / there’s no time like now
“Little Man” MUSIC VIDEO Out now!! (link in bio) . 🐶🦊🦁🐵🐱🐻🐮 🐷🐹🐨🐰🐯🐸🐭 Here it is, my friends. This is my self-love anthem for the inner child. At a time when the world can use a little more joy, a little more acceptance, and a little more love. From my heart to anybody who needs to hear this: You are unique. You are worthy. You are loved. Don’t forget! ❤️
the life inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . breaks out
Reframe. I’m muting to let the voices of people of color dominate the discourse. I’ll repost your stories, I’ll donate to your organizations, I’ll sign your petitions, I’ll support your businesses, I will vote with my purchasing power and my conscience, and I’ll endeavor to understand all the different ways your humanity is being challenged to do my part to support the change. I’m listening. #amplifymelanatedvoices #blackouttuesday And because this plea for basic humanity needs to cross the political divide: #MAKEAMERICAGREATAGAIN #LAWANDORDER #TRUMP #REPUBLICAN #SUPPORTPOLICE
Hollywood – June 7 2020 This isn’t my video, but I’m posting it in the hopes that my international followers will see it. Yesterday, Trump ended a tweet about the capital by saying “Far fewer protesters showed up than anticipated!”. Wrong. Far more have shown up across the nation (and the world) than ever before. And policy is already starting to evolve. This country is mobilizing, finally, and allies are not being silenced by guilt, shame, and ignorance. Our black brothers and sisters are speaking up and at last they are being heard. We are united, clear-headed, and ready to change. Black rights is human rights is extinction rebellion. This is a global movement that welcomes all voices rising together. It’s not too late. #blacklivesmatter #defundthepolice #showup #palebluedot #onelove . . . 🎥: @yakooza
PHD & Social Justice Expert Dr. Maytha Alhassen educates on the history and landscape of the social justice movement, and addresses anonymous audience questions around being an ally, how to organize, and how to show up. #blacklivesmatter #defundthepolice
darlin don’t be scared of me / life is as sweet as salt / it’s a sweet assault / and nothin’ worthy is ever cheap / it’s not your fault / it’s not your fault / well it came all at once / and look I know you can shrug it off / but you can stow away on my ship any day / it’s stormy seas / but darlin you can count on me // ☀️ . … . This was in 2012, I had hardly ever performed my music live. I was so nervous, my fingerpicking was all over the place, I can hear how tight my voice was, fighting to tell the story of this song over the low hum of panic buzzing through my legs and into my stomach. I see now, though, with the sweet relief of nearly a decade of distance, that this whole exercise took place in a bubble in time, and no matter how much or how invisibly I struggled, there is immeasurable value in the context alone. This was 2012, this was my emergent state in all of its flaws. At the time, I would’ve been surprised to know that years later I’d be inspired to see this. Not because I’m happy with my work but because I was scared, and I wasn’t ready, and for some illogical reason I did it anyway. Thats my takeaway. Hey artists: Do It Anyway.
In this image: A massive crowd chants in support of Black Lives, at the steps of Los Angeles city hall, while under the arches, a line of police stands, symbolically defending the structural systems that have have had a knee on the neck of the African-American community for over four hundred years. (Not pictured: Heavily armed National Guard soldiers guarding the shadowed side of the street.) . Thousands upon thousands of people took to the streets of LA yesterday afternoon. Swelling to fill the downtown core. Protesting began at the offices of DA Jackie Lacey, demanding her resignation and crying for a reallocation of funds from the bloated police service towards social programs that will actually benefit marginalized communities instead of penalizing them in a way that is statistically and unequivocally unfair. Beyond the shocking police murder of high profile cases like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are legions of young black men and women suffering the brunt of a penal system designed to incarcerate for the maximum amount of time for the minimum of offense, in order for the FOR PROFIT prison industrial system to thrive. (If you have any doubt about the validity of this claim PLEASE WATCH “13TH” ON NETFLIX.) . Signs of the efficacy of peaceful protest are beginning to show. The other three officers in the murder of George Floyd have been charged, $150 million dollars have been removed from the LAPD budget to be reallocated to social programs (a drop in the bucket of a $3 Billion dollar budget, but it’s a start). Lastly, LA county has said that they do not intend to impose a curfew tonight, which will hopefully rid the police of the opportunity to arrest people peacefully exercising their rights. According to the LA Times, thousands of peaceful protesters have been arrested since Saturday. What we’re witnessing is a crack. To which now pressure must be applied, until it splits. Actionable steps: . -AMPLIFY MELANATED VOICES . -WATCH “13TH” ON NETFLIX . -DONATE TO THE NAACP & THE ACLU (google it) . -#blacklivesmatter BE ABOUT IT ❤️
